Written Answers Monday 30 August 2010

Scottish Executive

Charities

George Foulkes (Lothians) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will ask the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator to consider carrying out a public benefit appraisal of high-fee-charging healthcare charities.

Fergus Ewing: This is a matter for the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR), a body operationally independent from Scottish ministers.

Employment

Ms Wendy Alexander (Paisley North) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what role it has had in the administration or operation of the Future Jobs Fund in Scotland.

Keith Brown: The Scottish Government was a member of the Scottish Moderating Group, which considered new bids to the Future Jobs Fund, and also the Scottish Decision Making Group, which made recommendation on Scottish bids to the GB level board. It has had no involvement in the post decision making administration or operation of the fund which, as a wholly reserved matter, is managed in Scotland by Jobcentre Plus.

Further and Higher Education

Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many Scottish students have attended (a) college and (b) university in the last two years, broken down by (i) local authority area, (ii) parliamentary constituency and (iii) parliamentary region of domicile.

Keith Brown: The following table contains figures for Scottish domiciles studying at Scottish colleges and Scottish domiciles studying at higher education institutions (HEIs) in the UK. Data are not available on Scottish students studying at colleges outwith Scotland or HEIs outwith the UK.

  Table 1: Scottish Students Enrolled at Scottish Colleges and HEIs in the UK by Local Authority

  


 Scottish Colleges
 HEIs in the UK


 2007-08
 2008-09
 2007-08
 2008-09


 All
 457,375
 451,305
 173,145
 174,885 


 Aberdeen City
 16,620
 15,735
 8,490
 8,630 


 Aberdeenshire
 28,750
 27,800
 8,900
 8,915


 Angus
 14,485
 15,775
 3,410
 3,420


 Argyll & Bute
 6,985
 7,930
 3,040
 3,045


 City of Edinburgh
 27,030
 26,585
 8,020
 18,235


 Clackmannanshire
 3,905
 3,700
 1,385
 1,265


 Dumfries & Galloway
 15,280
 14,215
 4,370
 4,310


 Dundee City
 16,370
 17,220
 4,890
 4,850


 East Ayrshire
 9,835
 9,080
 3,295
 3,385


 East Dunbartonshire
 9,050
 8,515
 5,290
 5,320


 East Lothian
 5,025
 4,825
 2,770
 2,865


 East Renfrewshire
 6,320
 5,970
 4,745
 4,760


 Eilean Siar
 2,530
 2,410
 1,320
 1,260


 Falkirk
 11,180
 10,435
 3,485
 3,415


 Fife
 54,585
 47,880
 9,705
 9,615


 Glasgow City
 63,175
 65,095
 19,445
 20,585


 Highland
 13,790
 14,515
 8,605
 8,600


 Inverclyde
 7,595
 8,085
 2,615
 2,700


 Midlothian
 4,535
 4,500
 1,970
 1,970


 Moray
 5,390
 6,315
 3,540
 3,580


 North Ayrshire
 11,675
 11,750
 3,560
 3,685


 North Lanarkshire
 26,965
 24,695
 9,085
 9,090


 Orkney Islands
 3,130
 2,790
 945
 925


 Perth & Kinross
 9,780
 10,930
 5,215
 5,240


 Renfrewshire
 15,935
 16,850
 6,325
 6,305


 Scottish Borders
 7,915
 8,125
 3,310
 3,275


 Shetland Islands
 5,795
 6,505
 1,120
 1,070


 South Ayrshire
 7,235
 6,940
 3,745
 3,785


 South Lanarkshire
 19,130
 19,280
 10,455
 10,865


 Stirling
 5,900
 5,555
 3,255
 3,070


 West Dunbartonshire
 9,775
 9,730
 2,510
 2,520


 West Lothian
 11,705
 11,560
 4,325
 4,320



  Table 2: Scottish Students Enrolled at Scottish Colleges and HEIs in the UK by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency

  


 Scottish Colleges
 HEIs in the UK


 2007-08
 2008-09
 2007-08
 2008-09


 All
 457,375
 451,305
 173,145
 174,885


 Aberdeen Central
 5,295
 5,320
 3,165
 3,170


 Aberdeen North
 5,700
 5,305
 1,960
 2,005


 Aberdeen South
 5,625
 5,115
 3,365
 3,460


 Airdrie and Shotts
 6,285
 5,750
 1,920
 1,905


 Angus
 10,600
 11,145
 2,555
 2,590


 Argyll and Bute
 5,125
 6,300
 1,925
 1,925


 Ayr
 4,430
 4,280
 2,395
 2,355


 Banff and Buchan
 14,040
 12,760
 1,955
 1,935


 Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
 4,480
 3,830
 2,120
 2,020


 Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
 5,780
 5,650
 2,190
 2,390


 Central Fife
 13,365
 10,555
 1,510
 1,550


 Clydebank and Milngavie
 6,675
 6,385
 2,405
 2,520


 Clydesdale
 4,775
 4,440
 2,445
 2,520


 Coatbridge and Chryston
 6,080
 5,765
 2,120
 2,070


 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
 6,075
 5,515
 1,840
 1,890


 Cunninghame North
 5,940
 5,870
 2,000
 2,075


 Cunninghame South
 5,695
 5,880
 1,560
 1,610


 Dumbarton
 6,530
 6,390
 2,525
 2,515


 Dumfries
 8,180
 7,755
 2,485
 2,430


 Dundee East
 8,305
 8,940
 2,295
 2,270


 Dundee West
 7,815
 7,965
 2,540
 2,500


 Dunfermline East
 9,580
 8,915
 1,340
 1,345


 Dunfermline West
 9,980
 9,440
 2,145
 2,165


 East Kilbride
 5,505
 6,035
 3,155
 3,335


 East Lothian
 4,115
 4,045
 2,290
 2,380


 Eastwood
 6,315
 5,970
 4,740
 4,760


 Edinburgh Central
 4,775
 4,620
 3,345
 3,405


 Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
 4,565
 4,445
 2,420
 2,440


 Edinburgh North and Leith
 5,195
 5,345
 3,515
 3,555


 Edinburgh Pentlands
 5,095
 4,855
 3,035
 3,060


 Edinburgh South
 3,590
 3,600
 3,370
 3,390


 Edinburgh West
 4,695
 4,490
 2,795
 2,850


 Falkirk East
 5,710
 5,235
 1,730
 1,680


 Falkirk West
 5,465
 5,195
 1,755
 1,740


 Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
 7,100
 6,455
 1,880
 1,875


 Glasgow Anniesland
 5,755
 5,990
 2,230
 2,420


 Glasgow Baillieston
 9,165
 10,525
 1,255
 1,295


 Glasgow Cathcart
 5,620
 5,820
 2,290
 2,355


 Glasgow Govan
 6,700
 6,430
 2,500
 2,660


 Glasgow Kelvin
 6,070
 5,845
 4,365
 4,570


 Glasgow Maryhill
 6,535
 6,515
 2,025
 2,225


 Glasgow Pollok
 6,330
 6,980
 1,495
 1,580


 Glasgow Rutherglen
 4,905
 4,815
 1,980
 2,125


 Glasgow Shettleston
 7,015
 7,415
 1,460
 1,520


 Glasgow Springburn
 9,010
 8,630
 1,565
 1,695


 Gordon
 9,625
 9,070
 3,320
 3,300


 Greenock and Inverclyde
 5,955
 6,195
 1,955
 2,015


 Hamilton North and Bellshill
 4,665
 4,285
 2,390
 2,345


 Hamilton South
 3,720
 3,810
 2,110
 2,125


 Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
 4,930
 6,105
 3,545
 3,570


 Kilmarnock and Loudoun
 6,860
 6,070
 2,445
 2,425


 Kirkcaldy
 11,290
 9,715
 1,545
 1,505


 Linlithgow
 4,910
 4,855
 1,980
 1,955


 Livingston
 6,795
 6,705
 2,350
 2,365


 Midlothian
 3,670
 3,655
 1,470
 1,450


 Moray
 4,600
 5,495
 3,300
 3,280


 Motherwell and Wishaw
 5,385
 4,755
 2,045
 2,105


 North East Fife
 10,365
 9,255
 3,170
 3,050


 North Tayside
 7,265
 8,505
 2,555
 2,525


 Ochil
 5,950
 5,620
 2,390
 2,250


 Orkney Islands
 3,130
 2,790
 945
 925


 Paisley North
 6,210
 6,525
 1,975
 1,885


 Paisley South
 6,215
 6,640
 2,200
 2,250


 Perth
 5,655
 6,365
 2,995
 3,065


 Ross, Skye and Inverness West
 4,380
 4,580
 2,940
 3,005


 Roxburgh and Berwickshire
 4,095
 4,225
 1,565
 1,525


 Shetland Islands
 5,795
 6,505
 1,120
 1,070


 Stirling
 4,820
 4,575
 2,825
 2,635


 Strathkelvin and Bearsden
 7,125
 6,785
 3,745
 3,695


 Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
 4,685
 4,745
 2,245
 2,275


 West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
 5,865
 6,780
 3,865
 3,975


 West Renfrewshire
 5,140
 5,575
 2,810
 2,855


 Western Isles
 2,530
 2,410
 1,320
 1,260



  Table 3: Scottish Students Enrolled at Scottish colleges and HEIs in the UK by Scottish Parliamentary Region

  


 Scottish Colleges
 HEIs in the UK


 2007-08
 2008-09
 2007-08
 2008-09


 All
 457,375
 451,305
 173,145
 174,885


 Central Scotland
 55,745
 52,425
 21,515
 21,615


 Glasgow
 67,100
 68,960
 21,165
 22,450


 Highlands and Islands
 34,965
 38,020
 17,215
 17,060


 Lothians
 43,290
 42,565
 24,280
 24,470


 Mid Scotland and Fife
 78,275
 72,945
 20,470
 20,090


 North East Scotland
 72,870
 72,400
 25,015
 25,205


 South of Scotland
 48,850
 47,480
 19,055
 19,360


 West of Scotland
 56,110
 56,335
 24,355
 24,570



  Notes:

  1. Data on Scottish colleges is supplied by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC).

  2. Data on UK HEIs is supplied by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).

  3. All values are rounded to the nearest five.

  4. Due to availability of postcode information, the numbers of students assigned to each region may not sum to the total for all students.

Healthcare Assosciated Infection

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether the timetable for the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry has been altered.

Nicola Sturgeon: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W 37527 on 30 August 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx .

Healthcare Assosciated Infection

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether the delay in the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry reconvening to take further oral evidence will have an impact on the overall timetable.

Nicola Sturgeon: The Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry is an independent inquiry. The procedure and conduct of an Inquiry is determined by the inquiry’s chairman in accordance with his/her duties under the Inquiries Act 2005. Under the terms of reference the inquiry is due to report to me by May 2011. For further information please contact the secretary of the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry Team at information@valeoflevenhospitalinquiry.org .

Healthcare Assosciated Infection

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what the reason is for the delay in the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry reconvening to take further oral evidence.

Nicola Sturgeon: The Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry is an independent inquiry. The procedure and conduct of an inquiry is determined by the inquiry’s chairman in accordance with his/her duties under the Inquiries Act 2005. Scottish ministers are therefore unable to comment as to the reasons for the delay in reconvening oral hearings. For further information please contact the Secretary of the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry Team at information@valeoflevenhospitalinquiry.org .

Healthcare Assosciated Infection

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether the C. diff Justice Group was consulted in advance of the decision to delay the reconvening of the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry to take further oral evidence.

Nicola Sturgeon: The Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry is an independent inquiry and any decision about the reconvening of oral hearings is a matter for the inquiry. For further information please contact the Secretary of the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry Team at information@valeoflevenhospitalinquiry.org .

Housing

Mary Mulligan (Linlithgow) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether there has been progress in defining how the hub model for distribution of funding will operate under the Housing Options programme.

Alex Neil: The members of each local authority grouping (or "hub") will identify and cost their own priorities and submit an action plan which will be considered by the Scottish Government/COSLA 2012 Steering Group.

  Initial discussions on how the hubs will proceed will take place at five regional seminars organised for this purpose. These are jointly facilitated by Scottish Government and those local authorities who have indicated their willingness to consider being a "lead authority" within the hub.

  The five seminars are scheduled to take place in North Ayrshire, Highland, Perth and Kinross, East Dunbartonshire and City of Edinburgh over August and September.

Volunteering

Bill Butler (Glasgow Anniesland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the 1,000 volunteering opportunities for school leavers announced by the Minister for Skills and Lifelong Learning on 17 June 2010 ( Official Report c. 27425) had been delivered by 30 July 2010, broken down by local authority.

Keith Brown: The Scottish Government is in the process of working with stakeholders to determine the best process for supporting young people into volunteering opportunities.